CVE-2023-37203 (GCVE-0-2023-37203)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-07-05 09:01 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:56
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Summary
Insufficient validation in the Drag and Drop API in conjunction with social engineering, may have allowed an attacker to trick end-users into creating a shortcut to local system files. This could have been leveraged to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 115.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Drag and Drop API may provide access to local system files
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 115 (custom)
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Credits
Paul Nickerson and Ameen Basha M K
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